Nationwide Race Thread -Darlington

[DanicaFan]

Race 9 of 33

VFW Sports Clips Help A Hero 200

Location - Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC

Course Type - 1.366 Mile Oval

Race Distance - 147 Laps / 200.8 Miles

Date & TV Schedule - Friday, May 11th - Pre-Race - 6:30pm Eastern / Green Flag-Approx. 7:30pm Eastern - ESPN 2 / Sirius Radio -channel 90 & MRN

Practice Sessions -
Friday, May 11th -8:30-10:30am Eastern

Qualifications- Friday, May 11th -3:35pm Eastern

[DanicaFan]

2011 Nationwide Darlington Spring Race Information

Royal Purple 200

2011 Pole Sitter - Kyle Busch (Quals Rained Out-No Time)
2011 Winner - Kyle Busch
Number of Cautions -5 for 28 laps
Lead Changes - 11 lead changes among 5 drivers - (Busch, Edwards, Kahne, Sadler, Allgaier)
Length of Race - 1 hour, 40 minutes, 56 seconds
Average Speed - 119.364 mph
Margin Of Victory -3.677 seconds

[DanicaFan]

Darlington Raceway

Track Facts -

Turns 1 & 2 -25 degrees banking, 79 ft. width
Turns 3 & 4 - 23 degrees banking, 62 ft. width
Frontstretch - 3 degrees banking, 1,229 ft. length, 90 ft. wide
Backstretch - 2 degrees banking, 1,229 ft. length, 90 ft. wide
Pit Road length -2,025 ft., width -46 feet
Pit Road Speed -45 mph

[DanicaFan]

Entry List

1. #01 Mike Wallace
2. #2 Elliott Sadler
3. #3 Austiin Dillon
4. #4 Danny Efland
5. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
6. #7 Danica Patrick
7. #08 Matt Frahm
8. #10 Jeff Green
9. #11 Brian Scott
10. #12 Sam Hornish Jr.
11. #14 Eric McClure
12. #15 Blake Koch
13. #18 Denny Hamlin
14. #19 Tayler Malsam
15. #20 Joey Logano
16. #22 Brad Keselowski
17. #23 Jamie Dick
18. #24 Casey Roderick
19. #30 James Buescher
20. #31 Justin Allgaier
21. #33 Brendan Gaughan
22. #36 Ryan Blaney
23. #38 Kasey Kahne
24. #39 Josh Richards
25. #40 Erik Darnell
26. #41 Timmy Hill
27. #42 Josh Wise
28. #43 Michael Annett
29. #44 Mike Bliss
30. #46 Chase Miller
31. #47 Scott Speed
32. #50 TJ Bell
33. #51 Jeremy Clements
34. #52 TBA
35. #54 Kurt Busch
36. #70 David Green
37. #74 Mike Harmon
38. #75 Scott Riggs
39. #81 Jason Bowles
40. #87 Joe Nemechek
41. #88 Cole Whitt
42. #89 Morgan Shepherd
43. #99 Travis Pastrana

[DanicaFan]

Jeff Green will be replacing Eric McClure for this race and be driving the #14 car. Tony Raines will now be driving the #10 car. Derrike Cope will be driving the #70 car.

[Purist]

An added note on the track specs should be made.

The part of the track that actually gets raced on (the part with the higher banking) is only 30 feet wide, and this is reduced to 27 feet in the turns due to the SAFER Barriers.

So, there is a reason the place seems so narrow.

[Axeman444]

"She" will be in the wall within 30 laps

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Derrike Cope will be driving the #70 car.

This should read "The 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope will be driving the #70 car."

Please...

[DanicaFan]

Kurt Busch topped the speed chart in this morning's Nationwide practice session. Below are the top 20 in practice.

1. #54 Kurt Busch - 171.740
2. #3 Austin Dillon - 171.405
3. #11 Brian Scott - 170.922
4. #2 Elliott Sadler - 170.484
5. #18 Denny Hamlin - 169.924
6. #22 Brad Keselowski - 169.906
7. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. - 169.859
8. #88 Cole Whitt - 169.701
9. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 169.596
10. #20 Joey Logano - 169.549
11. #38 Kasey Kahne - 169.502
12. #44 Mike Bliss - 169.286
13. #33 Brendan Gaughan - 168.798
14. #36 Ryan Blaney - 168.498
15. #30 James Buescher - 168.215
16. #31 Justin Allgaier - 168.152
17. #7 Danica Patrick - 168.037
18. #99 Travis Pastrana - 166.698
19. #19 Tayler Malsam - 166.585
20. #87 Joe Nemechek - 166.478

[JHamilton]

Where's 1990 Daytona 500 champion Derrrrrikee Cope?

[nickyf1]

Remember UK folks, Motors TV at half 11! It's either this or the Graham Norton Show!

[Ultimo]

Originally Posted by nickyf1

Remember UK folks, Motors TV at half 11! It's either this or the Graham Norton Show!

What's wrong with Graham? I used to watch him from time to time for a laugh when I was in Scotland visiting family.

[nickyf1]

Actually, Graham Norton was on before this, so I got to watch both! Yay!

My usual Friday night viewing doesn't usually have NASCAR in it, hence the unusual choice between the two

It's either this or Jools Holland, and there aren't too many good acts on Jools tonight.

[nickyf1]

Grr, the sounds all messed up on Motors.. Picture quality is poor too. I'd love to watch NASCAR in hi def, or high quality standard def..

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by nickyf1

I'd love to watch NASCAR in hi def, or high quality standard def..

It's awesome on a big screen, in HD, a luxury I take for granted but I had to watch the Spa 6 hours thru Reynolds Wrap week.